RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

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Headquartered in Boston’s North End, RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted source for rare documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historic artifacts. Since its inception in 1980, RR has achieved countless record-setting prices in over 425 successful sales, including Truman Capote’s hand-notated manuscript for Breakfast at Tiffany’s for over $300,000, President Kennedy’s 1963 convertible for $318,000, and a pair of Bonnie and Clyde’s guns for over $500,000. Internationally known and frequently featured in all media outlets—with appearances on NBC’s Today Show, CBS This Morning, Fox News, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and the London Times—RR Auction prides itself on selling authentic material, thoroughly examined by in-house experts and third-party authenticators, to uphold the guarantee of authenticity. With a stunning full-color print catalog and a massive online presence, RR Auction’s nearly four decades of business continue to grow, achieving record prices for clients around the world.
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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Pax Mundi275 - Pax Mundi
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Remarkable archive of 30 AMSs penned by members of the French Academy, each on an off-white 11.5 x 16.5 sheet, consisting of their thoughts on the con
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Penn277 - Thomas Penn
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Son of Pennsylvania founder William Penn. ALS signed “Tho Penn,” one page both sides, 7.5 x 9, October 9, 1762. Letter to Edward Penington in Philadel
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Pioneers of Global Communication278 - Pioneers of Global Communication
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Exceptional collection of five bold ink signatures of communication pioneers Nikola Tesla, Alexander Graham Bell, Samuel F. B. Morse, Guglielmo Marcon
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Max Planck279 - Max Planck
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Nobel Prize–winning German physicist (1858–1947) who pioneered the understanding of quantum theory. ALS in German, signed “M. Planck,” one page, 5.75
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst280 - Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
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German prince of the House of Ascania (1734-1793), the last ruler of Anhalf-Zerbst, and the younger brother of Russian leader Catherine the Great. LS
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Pope Francis281 - Pope Francis
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Color satin-finish 5.75 x 8.25 photo of Pope Francis as a cardinal, signed in black felt tip, adding “Archbishop of Buenos Aires,” beneath his signatu
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Princess Diana282 - Princess Diana
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Christmas card from 1993, measuring 8 x 6 folded, and 16 x 6 opened, embossed in gold on the outside with the royal coat of arms. Inside, the card bea
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Melvin Purvis283 - Melvin Purvis
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Collection of approximately 100 items, consisting of typed letters, manuscripts, and FBI memoranda, bearing 81 various signatures of Purvis, with a ma
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Joseph Pulitzer284 - Joseph Pulitzer
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Journalist and newspaper publisher (1847–1911) who established the Pulitzer Prize ‘for the encouragement of public service, public morals, American li
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Queen Elizabeth II286 - Queen Elizabeth II
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Christmas card, circa 1958, featuring a color print of Sebastiano Ricci’s painting The Holy Family affixed inside, measuring 9 x 7.75 closed, signed i
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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